Hood catch



Nov. 18, 1930. R. G. MOORE 1,781,820

HOOD CATCH 1 Filed May 23, 1928 I INVENTOR. EA YMUND 5. MUURE.

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 18, 1930 marine zine. oons, or isnrnenronr, oonnnorioor; iissienon 'rofltrnninnssrox COMPANY, ornnrnqnronr, CONNECTICUT, A oonrona'rron or-connncrrcur,

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The presentinvention relates to automo- V bile hood catches, and has for an obj ectto'pro- '5 positive and efiective in securely clamping.

V A still further object ist'o provide a hood vide an improved catch of inexpensive construction,hav1ng few parts, and which Wlll be the hood down and in pressingthe same inwardly to preventlooseness-and rattling. A.

further object is to provide a catch in which both the holding down and pressing in act ons are functions of the single hood catch'spring.

catch which will compensate for variations in the placement of the 'catclt'in relationto the hood, to theend that'rel'atively great manu *facturing tolerances-will be permitted.

With the above and other objects in "view,

embodiments ofmy invention are shown'in the accompanying drawings, and these embodiments will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims. In the drawings: c Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a hood catch, according to the present em- 'bodi1nent of the invention, showing thesame in unhooked or inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the same in hooked or operative position. I

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, the catch being in the operative position of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of the invention.

Similar reference characters indicate correspondence parts throughout the several fig- "ures of the drawings,

Referring to the drawings,-the hood catch, according to the present embodiment of the invention, consists of a cylindrical barrel 10, flanged at its lower end, as at 11, to provide a reduced passage in which a rod 12 is slidably engaged, the end of the rod within the barrel being provided with a fixed washer 13, 'between which and the flange 11 a spring 14 is coiled about the rod.

r The upper end of the barrel is threaded, as at 15, and is secured into the threaded socket 16 of a cap member 17, which closes the upper end of the barrel and forms a stop to limit the upward movement'of the rod 12 under the hood.

pressureof the springi A 'clarhping hook'18, I and a handle 19, are formedintegrally'with' operative relation of the catch, to engage a suitable keeper 20 secured to the side of the Atits lower end the rod the cap members, the'hook adapted injthe i p i2 is bent away. in acuteangular relation, as at 21, to provide an inclined cam portion,an'upright extension 1 22 being bentiupwardl'y from the'portion 21,

and-having'a bumper or buffer pjad23, secured thereon, adapted lnthe OPBI'LtIVQPOSltlOII of the catch tofb'ear inwardly upon the fhood,1as

. will presently more 1ullyZappear.

The angular portion 21'is slidably and pivotally engaged beneath the transverse cross-. piece 24 of a bracket 25, secured to the frame of the automobile, the upright side portions of this bracket being spaced and adapted to restrain the'p'ortion 21 against sidewisemoveme'nt withrespect to the cross-,piece24e; 9

Infthe unhookedf'or' inoperative relation 1 the catch WlllSWlIlg outwardly as shown in Fig. 1, also swinging the'bumper outwardly out of Contact with the surface of the hood and frame. In hooking the same the spacing of the hook with respect 'to' thebracket 25 is such that the bumper will first engage the hood with the transverse cross-piece engaging the angular portion 2lat a point inwardly' of therod12, the hook 18 being at the same time engaged with the'keeper. The

- tending portion 26 having an upwardly inclined slot 27 therein, the cross-piece 2 1 of the bracket being engaged in said slot. The bumper pad23 is secured upon an upright tion is substantially the same as that of the first described ernbodin ent.

' I have: illustrated andde'scribed atted:

'for'c'eof the spring thereupon exerts a con- 7 extension 28-ofthe portion 26.=The'op.era-

' and satisfactory embodiments of the invention, but it will beeobvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim and desire. to secure by Letters Patentis: r

1. In a hood catch or the like, a member having a keeper engaging hold down clamp, a memberlongitudinally slidable relatively to said-first member, means 'coaoting between and adapted to exert a contracting pressure on said members, said second member hav=' lng inclined means rlgldly connected thereto disposedin inclined angular relation to' the longitudinal axis of said member, a fixed support engaged by said inclined means whereby contracting movement of said mem bers is adapted to cause relative inward movement of said inclined means relatively to said support, and side engaging means disposed between the catch andthe hood adapted upon said inward movement of-the inclined means to exert an inward pressure on the hood. v

2. In a hood catch, or the like, a member having a keeper engaging hold down clamp, a member longitudinally slidable relatively to said first member, means coacting between and adapted'to exert a contracting pressure on said members said second member having an inclined integral extension rigidly connected thereto disposed in inclined angular relation to the longitudinal axis ofsaid member, a fixed support engagedby said inclined extension whereby contract ing movement of said members is adapted to cause relative inward movement of said inclined extensionrelatively to said support, and side engaging means disposed between the catch and the hood adapted upon said inward movement of the inclined extension,

whereby. contracting movement of said members is adapted to cause relative inward movement of said inclined means relatively to said fulcrum support, and side engaging means disposed between the catch and the hood adapted upon said inward movement of the inclined means to exert an inward pressure on the hood.

- 4:. In a hood catch or the like, a member.

having a keeper engaging hold down clamp, a member longitudinally slidable relatively to said first member, means coacting between and adapted to exert a contracting pressure a a on said members, said second member having inclined means rigidly connected thereto, disposed in acute angular relation to the longitudinalaxis of said member, anfixed support, engaged by said] inclined means whereby contracting movement of said mem-' bers is adapted to cause relative inward movement of said inclined means relatively to said support, and side engagingmeansdisposed between the catch and the hood adapted upon said inward movement of the inclined meansto exert an inward pressure on the hood.

5.,In ahoodcatch or: the like, a member having a keeper engaging hold down clamp,

a member longitudinally slidable. relatively;

to said first member, means coacting between i and adapted to exert a contractingpressureon said members, said second. member having inclined means-rigidly connected atvits lower I end, a fixed support engaged bysaid inclined means whereby contracting movement of said members is adapted to cause relative in; ward movement of said inclined means relatively to saidsupport, and a bumper carrying extension carriedby said inclined means 1 adapted upon said inward movement of the] inclined means to exert an lnward-pressure,

on the hood. i a I Signed at Bridgeport, county of Fair-field,

and State of Connecticut,thislOthiday of May, 1928; r

; RAYMOND G,.MOORE. 

